Brittany Downs is in her first season as the assistant women's
soccer coach at Lees-McRae College.

A native of Orlando, Fla., Downs joins the Bobcats after a
successful four-year playing career beginning at SUNY Stony Brook
on Long Island, N.Y. and then at Southeast Region foe, Mars Hill
College. While at Mars Hill, she was named to the all-South
Atlantic Conference First team as a defender, as well as a two year
captain.

Downs brings a tremendous amount of coaching and professional
playing experience with her Lees-McRae, having three seasons for
the Orlando Surge of the Women’s Premier Soccer League. She
also served as the assistant women’s soccer and conditioning
coach for the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon, as well as the
assistant coach for the under-16 girls in Puerto Rico National
Elite League 2010-2011.

She most recently served as the head coach of Orlando, Fla.
schools with Euro Soccer schools, organizing and delegating
elementary schools and preschools, while leading other coaches in
both camp style and small group sessions.

Downs holds coaching licenses at almost every level, including a
D-level National license from the United States Soccer Federation
and a personal training license through the International Sports
Sciences Association.